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    Posted 5 months ago

    kwqd
    (1181 items)

    This bowl is about 5" in diameter x 2.75" high, unmarked, with turmeric cloth and signed tomobako. Some of the text on the lid says "Mashiko Ware" but most of it I could not translate. From an on line auction.

    Though it appears to have gaps in the glaze down to the clay, there is a layer of clear glaze over the entire surface, except for the very bottom, which is rough and unglazed. There are at least three layers of glaze above the white clay. I am not sure how this effect was accomplished. It turned out to be a much nicer bowl than expected, both visually and tactilely.

    I was not really that interested in it, after some immediate attraction to it, and doubted that it was Mashiko, thinking it might be Shino, until I was able to translate some of the text. Nothing about it really screams "Mashiko!!!" to me.

    I am pretty short of funds right now, but every once in a while will take a gamble on something by throwing out a significantly lower bid and trusting Fate to decide if I should have taken a swing at something. This was one such event and my gamble for the month.

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    Comments

    1. Newfld Newfld, 5 months ago
      Gorgeous smoky grey color & splash pattern, really nice
    2. dav2no1 dav2no1, 5 months ago
      Good looking tea cup! I like this one..
    3. kwqd kwqd, 5 months ago
      Thanks, Jenni! I like the grey color, too.

      Thanks, dav2no1! It is interesting.
    4. kwqd kwqd, 5 months ago
      Thanks for loving my latest tea bowl, Leelani, fortapache, Drake47, Blammoammo, mikelv85, Merrill33, dav2no1 and Jenni!
    5. kwqd kwqd, 5 months ago
      Thanks for looking at my bowl, Bronmar and Vynil33rpm!
    6. kwqd kwqd, 5 months ago
      Thanks, sherrilou and Kevin!

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